成长: Hope and Despair
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ID: 3015
Advanced
生活中遇到挫折时，就会觉得所有事都不顺，但是俗话说“越挫越勇”，生命的低潮往往带来成长，最要紧的是“想通”。这一课我们透过两个人的谈话，将要进一步认识中国人用来转念的一些常见谚语及其中包含的传统智慧。
Today's lesson is about feeling down. Nothing is going your way and you feel like you're in a rut. Listen as two friends discuss the positives and negatives about growing older.
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 愁眉苦脸 | chóuméi kǔliǎn | to have a miserable expression | |
| 低落 | dīluò | low (of spirits) | |
| 黄历 | huánglì | Chinese divination almanac | |
| 诸事不顺 | zhūshì bù shùn | nothing going right |
怎么了这两天看你一副愁眉苦脸的样子情绪那么低落出什么事了吗
zěnmele 怎么了zhèliǎngtiān 这两天kàn 看nǐ 你yī 一fù 副chóuméikǔliǎn 愁眉苦脸de 的yàngzi 样子qíngxù 情绪nàme 那么dīluò 低落chū 出shénme 什么shì 事le 了ma 吗
What's wrong? You've been looking miserable for the past couple of days. Why are you in such low spirits? Did something happen?
这几天出门没看黄历诸事不顺再加上付出总是得不到回报心里很憋屈不知道整天忙忙碌碌的都是为了什么
zhè jǐ tiān 这几天chūmén 出门méi 没kàn 看huánglì 黄历zhūshì bù shùn 诸事不顺zài jiāshang 再加上fùchū 付出zǒngshì 总是débudào 得不到huíbào 回报xīnli 心里hěn 很biēqū 憋屈bù 不zhīdào 知道zhěngtiān 整天máng 忙忙碌碌de 的dōu 都shì 是wèile 为了shénme 什么
Over the last few days I haven't looked at the Chinese divination almanac before leaving the house, and nothing has gone my way. I also feel like I'm not get anything back for what I do for others, so I feel quite hard done by, and I don't know what I'm spending all this time busying myself for.
生活失意在所难免呀不忘初心就行了何必在乎一时的得失
shēnghuó 生活shīyì 失意zàisuǒ nánmiǎn 在所难免ya 呀bùwàng 不忘chūxīn 初心jiù 就xíng 行le 了hébì 何必zàihu 在乎yīshí 一时de 的déshī 得失
Disappointments are unavoidable in life, just don't forget your original intention. Why get caught up temporary successes or failures.
说得倒轻巧那是你一路顺遂看你每天撞狗屎运试试哎呀我好想回到过去回到没有烦恼的学生时代啊
shuō 说de 得dào 倒easy 轻巧nà 那shì 是nǐ 你yī lù 一路shùnsuì 顺遂kàn 看nǐ 你měitiān 每天zhuàng 撞gǒushǐ yùn 狗屎运shìshi 试试āiyā 哎呀wǒ 我hǎo 好xiǎng 想huí dào 回到guòqù 过去huí dào 回到méiyǒu 没有fánnǎo 烦恼de 的xuésheng 学生shídài 时代ā 啊
You say it so lightly. That's because everything has gone so well for you, I'd like to chance it with some dumb luck every day like you. Ah, I'd love to return to the past, to my student days when I had no troubles.
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